Software Engineer

Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

The Non-Kinetic Effects Business Area, part of the Defense Sector at Leidos, currently has an opening for a cleared Software Engineer to work in our Beavercreek, OH Office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Air Force Research Lab, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, and other DoD missions. Your role will be to support our diverse portfolio of programs through a combination of software design and development, hardware interfacing and integration, laboratory experimentation, ground and flight testing to deploy cutting edge, next generation solutions.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Design, develop and maintain mission-critical software in support of national defense, and intelligence gathering products for both airborne and ground-based systems

• Responsible for performing the software engineering function, including the design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging software programs for enhancements and new software-intensive systems and products. Applies appropriate principles, standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the software development life cycle.

• Duties include software requirements analysis, analysis of hardware compatibility, development of software products and tools used for design, development and maintenance of infrastructure, and platforms.

• Develops technical solutions that require collaboration with internal experts, with a thorough understanding of the impact on end-product/solution.

• Develop solutions to technical problems and issues that are unclear and require technical knowledge.

• Participate in laboratory, ground and flight testing to validate software

• Document and communicate proposed software solutions with integrated, cross-functional engineering teams in a fast paced highly technical environment

• Works independently to achieve day-to-day objectives with moderate impact on operational results or project deliverables.

• Addresses somewhat complex technical issues/problems using internal best practice and through collaboration with colleagues.

• Develops solutions to technical problems that require depth of technical knowledge, but are typically limited in complexity

• Requires working knowledge of and ability to apply standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques of technical domain.

• Stay up to date on state-of-the-art programming techniques and software technologies

• Participate in software design and code reviews to ensure delivery of quality products and enhance skillsets

Basic Qualifications.

• BS degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or Master's degree with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience in software engineering, computer engineering or related field.

• Experience programming in one or more of the following languages: C++, Java, Python

• Experienced in systems integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of complex system problems

• Experience working in a SIL environment

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally from informal one-on-one discussions or in a small group environment.

• Work well within a team and independently with minimal supervision.

• Ability to work within a dynamic work environment, ability to handle multiple tasks at once (multi-task)

• Requires deep understanding of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of technical domain and has broad understanding of other related specialty areas.

• Strong desire to grow and learn new technologies.

• Must be able to acquire a top-secret security clearance.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications.

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance

• Familiar with Agile Methodologies, preferably SCRUM or Kanban

• Experience with Atlassian tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket

• Experience with model and simulation environments to support simulation and test

• Experience with Live and Virtual Constructive environments to understand complex systems and troubleshooting points for integration

• Familiarity with DoD Open Architectures such as OMS and SOSA

• Experience with containerization technologies such as docker or podman

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Experience developing and deploying to offline environments

• Strong understanding of Linux systems

• Experience with Unit Testing and CI/CD

• Strong understanding of IP based network protocols such as TCP, UDP, and HTTP

• Prior experience working with the DoD

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:
January 16, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.